Bishan Siopa Leabhar by Yunhai Zhao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Duais Óir A' Design Award in Dearadh Oidhreachta Cultúrtha Competition Category.

ÓrOidhreacht Chultúrtha· 2025

Bishan Siopa Leabhar

by Yunhai Zhao

Client: Yunhai Zhao

Duais Óir A' Design Award Winner in Oidhreacht Chultúrtha Category

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The Design

About Bishan Siopa Leabhar

Is siopa leabhar é Bishan atá suite laistigh d'iar-halla sinsear i Sráidbhaile Bishan, Contae Yi, Anhui. Tógadh an halla, scrín de chuid mhuintir Wang, breis agus 230 bliain ó shin le linn Ríshliocht Qing. Clúdaíonn an tionscadal 420 méadar cearnach agus cuireann sé foirgneamh stairiúil cosanta in oiriúint d'úsáid chultúrtha an lae inniu. Múnlaíonn ábhair nádúrtha ar nós adhmaid, bambú agus cloiche an taobh istigh, agus tá bailchríoch de chré teanntaithe bhán ar bhalla na leabhragán. Tacaíonn clár stroighne le balla na leabhragán agus laghdaíonn sé an damáiste a dhéanann taise na talún. Cuireann cruth bhalla na leabhragán scáileáin phéinteáilte i gcuimhne agus frámaíonn sé limistéar léitheoireachta lárnach.

The Recognition

About the Duais Óir A' Design Award

Bhuaigh an dearadh Bishan Siopa Leabhar Duais Óir A' Design Award, aitheantas thar a bheith clúiteach a bhronntar ar dhearaí den chéad scoth, iontacha agus sármhaithe. Is cruthuithe an-nuálacha, fíorasacha agus drithleacha iad buaiteoirí Óir a léiríonn géiniais, eagna agus máistreacht a ndearthóirí. Táthar ag súil go mbeidh an dearadh Bishan Siopa Leabhar ina aireagán a mholtar go mór, ceannródaíoch agus séadchomharthach a sholáthraíonn luach nach bhfacthas riamh cheana. Is tionscadal iontach, measúil é an dearadh seo a bhuaigh Duais Óir A' Design Award a dhéanann sárleas do theorainneacha na healaíne, na heolaíochta, an deartha agus na teicneolaíochta agus a chuireann chun cinn iad. Cruthaíonn an dearadh Bishan Siopa Leabhar mothúcháin dhian mhianta, músclaíonn sé paisean, spreagann sé cruthaitheacht agus cuireann sé draíocht orainn.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The Bishan Bookstore needs to have a clear business strategy and plan, which all need to be adapted to the changing consumption and needs of the times and to think with the times. If the market-oriented development of the space is hampered by over-protection, Bishan bookstore will become an exhibit for ornamental purposes only, and its value as a cultural container will be lost.
Dimensions & Packaging: This project covers an area of 420 square meters.
Tags: Huizhou culture, ancestral hall, traditional architecture, traditional crafts, bookstore
Production Technology: In addition to the patio, which faces nature, the interior also speaks the language of nature. Natural materials such as wood, bamboo, and stone are used to structure the interior itself. These materials not only have a natural beauty but also resonate with the environment. However, the bookcase wall uses a new material, white rammed earth material, which is used for the exterior wall material of the building.
Design Challenge: When Librairie Avant Garde listed the realistic problems to us one by one, we felt that the difficulty of this project was not just to solve these operational challenges,but how a heritage-protected building could find a balance between history and modernity, preserving the original characteristics of this family shrine while enabling it to adapt to the needs of modern society.
Research: In this small village, there is a Wang family shrine Qitai Hall, built in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, more than 230 years ago. And this small ancestral hall, which has experienced countless hours of history, was injected with new blood in 2014 Librairie Avant Garde the eighth branch of Nanjing Librairie Avant Garde and the first bookstore in the countryside.
Inspiration: There is a Wang family shrine Qitai Hall, built in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, more than 230 years ago. Librairie Avant Garde has been committed to rooting into the countryside, not for commercial needs, but for the dissemination of culture, so that those areas where it is most difficult to be able to read books have a cultural utopia gathered for the love of reading and books.
Project Duration: Project Address: Bishan Village, Yi County,Anhui
Completion date: December 2024
Operation Flow: First of all, the transformation of the bookcase is the core of the whole design, in order to reduce the damage to the bookcase caused by the humidity on the ground, the cement board is used to build the bookcase wall, and the bookcase is partially embedded. The form of the whole bookcase wall is inspired by the screen in Chinese painting, and the center area wrapped by three screens is the area for the daily activities of the literati. The screened bookcase recedes backward, drawing the viewer's eye toward the center of the picture.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Yunhai Zhao
Team Members: Yunhai Zhao
Image Credits: Image #1:Photographer YunHai Zhao,Designer,2025.
Image #2:Photographer YunHai Zhao,Designer,2025.
Image #3:Photographer YunHai Zhao,Designer,2025.
Image #4:Photographer YunHai Zhao,Designer,2025.
Image #5:Photographer YunHai Zhao,Designer,2025.